Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand for bulk of the offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.54/cwt on 1,368 head.

Average price

$176.54

1,368 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1

$37.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.53

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	177.31	1,170	1,304
Medium 1	615	171.50	1,055	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	629	165.12	1,038	48
Small and Medium 1	814	140.00	1,140	12thin

One grade step is worth $37.31/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,368 hd

176.54

—

IA average9 barns · 9,709 hd

171.01

+5.53

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	197.44/cwt	187.50–207.50	1,048	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,476	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	532	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	911	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	160.89/cwt	155.00–167.00	767	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	161.20/cwt	157.50–165.00	940	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	158.06/cwt	152.50–164.50	820	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	159.84/cwt	151.50–164.00	1,012	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	181.12/cwt	175.00–183.85	1,145	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	211.18/cwt	197.50–215.00	908	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	167.43/cwt	163.50–172.50	1,200	169
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	814	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,140	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,061	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	168.23/cwt	160.00–176.00	959	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	506	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,095	22
Steers	Medium 1	—	615	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,055	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	204.45/cwt	198.50–207.50	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	177.52/cwt	172.50–180.00	937	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	154.89/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,265	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	189.69/cwt	185.00–197.00	897	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	174.76/cwt	170.00–177.50	720	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,015	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	163.35/cwt	160.75–167.00	1,050	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	185.39/cwt	180.50–195.50	1,077	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	172.81/cwt	170.25–176.50	1,177	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,073	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	144.44/cwt	137.00–148.00	846	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	182.40/cwt	176.00–185.00	704	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	209.73/cwt	203.00–217.00	994	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,379	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	153.45/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,209	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	583	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	988	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	445	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	694	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	885	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	590	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	870	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	687	9

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Wed Jan 5, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 2,086Last week 1,360Year ago 2,726

No trend as no recent report. Trade active with good demand for bulk of the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	531	187.50–207.50	197.44
50	—	971	152.00	152.00
3	—	318	220.00	220.00
259	—	632	175.00–183.85	181.12
24	—	430	197.50–215.00	211.18
169	—	717	163.50–172.50	167.43
3	—	378	198.50–207.50	204.45
72	—	817	153.00–155.00	154.89
160	—	581	180.50–195.50	185.39
283	—	681	170.25–176.50	172.81
70	—	474	203.00–217.00	209.73
58	—	884	156.00	156.00
9	—	788	149.00–157.00	153.45
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	814	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	717	148.00	148.00
32	—	570	160.00–176.00	168.23
17	—	473	185.00–197.00	189.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	506	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	171.50	171.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	172.50–180.00	177.52
42	—	643	160.75–167.00	163.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	532	171.25	171.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	477	155.00–167.00	160.89
68	—	583	157.50–165.00	161.20
93	—	519	152.50–164.50	158.06
156	—	633	151.50–164.00	159.84
24	—	412	170.00–177.50	174.76
35	—	653	155.50	155.50
6	—	795	135.00	135.00
8	—	386	176.00–185.00	182.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	539	143.00	143.00
18	—	586	137.00–148.00	144.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	505	140.00	140.00
10	—	445	156.00	156.00
3	—	300	150.00	150.00
16	—	610	145.00	145.00
7	—	590	147.50	147.50
9	—	491	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	583	169.50	169.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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